State Rep. Dawnna Dukes, D-Austin, is sworn in at the Capitol on the opening day of the 85th Legislature on Tuesday January 10, 2017. JAY JANNER / AMERICAN-STATESMAN

3:20 p.m. update: After being indicted on corruption charges, state Rep. Dawnna Dukes on Wednesday afternoon turned herself in at the Blackwell-Thurman Criminal Justice Center and stood for a mugshot.

“I have been silent at the advice of my attorneys since February, and I am very relieved that my attorneys … are here today to begin the process of getting out the other side of the story,” the Austin Democrat said outside the courthouse. “I will focus my time and my energy on the people of District 46 and their issues and concerns in the Texas House of Representatives. … I do not intend at all to allow anyone to get me distracted because the children of Texas and Child Protective Services deserve to have my attention, they deserve to have my expertise, they deserve to have me to continue to fight for them.”

Dukes said she will enter pleas of not guilty on all 15 charges she faces when she is arraigned.

“She’s going to do the people’s business, and she’s going to let her lawyers focus on preparing the best defense,” Houston attorney Shaun Clarke said. “For 22 years in the Legislature, Dukes has been fighting for the rights of other people, and now she’s fighting for her own rights.”

Later Wednesday afternoon, Dukes will be booked at the Travis County courthouse and plans to plead not guilty on the 13 felony counts of tampering with public records and two misdemeanor counts of abuse of official capacity, Clarke said.

In September, days after the Texas Rangers delivered their criminal investigation of Dukes to Travis County prosecutors, Dukes announced that she would be stepping down at the end of her 11th two-year term, saying the effects of a 2013 car crash had left her unable to serve. But days before the Legislature reconvened, Dukes changed her mind and was sworn in with the rest of her House colleagues last week.

Candidates had already lined up to replace her in a special election. Several are now calling on her to resign.

Original story: A grand jury on Tuesday indicted state Rep. Dawnna Dukes on 13 felony corruption charges and two misdemeanors, with a maximum penalty of 28 years behind bars, Travis County District Attorney Margaret Moore announced Wednesday.

Dukes, an Austin Democrat, faces two misdemeanor counts of abuse of official capacity and 13 felony counts of tampering with public records, Moore said. Travis County prosecutors and investigators from the Texas Rangers presented the evidence to the grand jurors Tuesday, who indicted Dukes on the first day that they met to consider the case.

The indictment comes a week after Dukes reneged on a plan to step down and took the oath of office for a 12th two-year term representing parts of North Austin, East Austin, Pflugerville and Manor.

Dukes posted a statement on Facebook Tuesday morning: “Of course, I am disappointed but I expected that if I was sworn into office in January 10th that this indictment would follow. All I can say today is that I will be entering a plea of Not Guilty.”

One abuse of official capacity charge deals with Dukes using her legislative staff for personal purposes. In April, the American-Statesman reported that Dukes had arranged to give a taxpayer-funded raise to an aide to cover gas money for driving Dukes’ daughter to and from school.

With the other abuse of official capacity charge, the grand jury accused Dukes of using money raised from campaign contributors for personal purposes. Politicians may use campaign money to pay for election activities or for expenses related to carrying out their elected office, but state law forbids them from using it for personal purposes.

The grand jury accused Dukes of converting to personal use campaign expenditures that were earmarked for the African-American Community Heritage Festival, an East Austin event Dukes co-founded 18 years ago but ended last year after negative attention caused by the investigation. Dukes has listed at least $17,600 in campaign expenditures for the festival, including $303 to an electronics store for “replacement of digital camera broken by staff,” $146 for Mardi Gras beads and more than $7,000 for musical performers, the Statesman investigation found.

The 13 charges for tampering with public records concern allegations that Dukes collected pay from the state during the 2014 legislative interim for days that she did not travel to the Capitol, which is required under House rules. The American-Statesman in May reported that a former Dukes staffer had accused the legislator of filing requests for per diem payments for days that she never traveled to the Capitol and may not have worked at all.

The felonies each carry a maximum penalty of two years in prison and a $10,000 fine. The misdemeanors have maximum penalties of one year behind bars and a $4,000 fine. She would not likely face maximum penalties.

The Dukes investigation began in early 2016 when members of her legislative staff questioned whether it was appropriate for her to have them work full-time on the festival and do personal errands. The state auditor’s office began probing Dukes before handing the case off to Travis County prosecutors, who in turn asked the Texas Rangers to lead the investigation.

In September, the week after the Rangers delivered their investigation to the prosecutors, Dukes announced she would resign at the conclusion of her 11th term, saying that the lingering effect of a 2013 car crash had made it impossible for her to do the job.

It was too late to remove Dukes’ name from the November ballot, and, despite promising not to serve, she won reelection with more than 70 percent of the vote in her heavily Democratic district. Candidates hoping to replace Dukes then began preparing for the expected special election that would follow the vacancy she created by not being sworn in to a new term.

Dukes, however, reversed course days before the Legislature reconvened, saying she wanted to continue serving because her health had improved and her constituents had implored her to stay in office.